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Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:44:26 -0400 From: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@...com> To: David Stevens <dlstevens@...ibm.com> Cc: netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Configuring the same IP on multiple addresses David Stevens wrote: > netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org wrote on 10/29/2007 11:03:37 AM: > >> So, I am looking for technical reasons why this is permitted. > > Vlad, > Is there a technical reason to disallow it? Rather than > anticipate all the possible uses for a machine, it's, of course, > generally better to restrict only the things you know can't > work, and allow everything else. > > +-DLS For v4, not really, but it really confuses some people (and thus causes me headaches ;-) For v6, there are plenty of operational reasons to not allow this. You really turn unicast into anycast when you do this and there are special rules to be followed. -vlad - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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